New Bern Obituary Index

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The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.

The Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices from 1751 through the current year.

Also included are several obituary "hoaxes" or death notices of people who were actually still living. Two such cases are the "obituaries" of Jimmie Lillian Roll in 1968 and John Koonce in 1888. For the trivia buff, the shortest name in our database is Ben, a slave, whose death was reported on April 25 and 26, 1848. The longest name in our database is Byron Hiram Ariom Long Myram William John Adrian Livingston Corbett, whose death is reported in the Tribune of August 17, 1935.

Copies of the obituaries or death notices listed in the index can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 for each notice to:

Kellenberger Room
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560-0010

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- Order by ID A-Z ID Z-A Published A-Z Published Z-A Last Name A-Z Last Name Z-A First Name A-Z First Name Z-A Middle/Maiden Name A-Z Middle/Maiden Name Z-A Month Min-Max Month Max-Min Day Min-Max Day Max-Min Year Min-Max Year Max-Min Newspaper A-Z Newspaper Z-A Page A-Z Page Z-A Column A-Z Column Z-A URL A-Z URL Z-A

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year	Search	Search Reset
Willis	Duncan	McDuffy	2		25		1937	newspapers#trib
Willis	Melissa	Miller	10		11		2000	newspapers#sj
Willis	Olive	Piner	1		17		1967	newspapers#sj
Willis	Paul	William	11		24		2014	newspapers#sj
Willis	Duncan	McDuffy	2		26		1937	newspapers#trib
Willis	Mervin	F.	3		24		1969	newspapers#sj
Willis	A.	Elijah	4		26		1932	newspapers#mnb
Willis	P.	A., Mrs.	3		18		1924	newspapers#sj
Willis	Fred		5		1		1946	newspapers#sj
Willis	Marvin, Jr.	"Buddy"	2		15		2019	newspapers#sj
Willis	Harvey		7		24		1942	newspapers#sj
Willis	Margaret	Jane Ellis	7		31		2020	newspapers#sj
Willis	James	[drowned in 1899 hurricane]	8		23		1899	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Shannon	"Todd", Jr.	10		28		2021	newspapers#sj
Willis	Durwood, Mrs		6		2		1971	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mildon	W.	9		5		1969	newspapers#sj
Willis	Joe	L.	4		20		1923	newspapers#sj
Willis	H.	G.	1		28		1948	newspapers#sj
Willis	Henry	[drowned in 1899 hurricane]	8		23		1899	newspapers#nbdj
Willis	Herbert	G.	12		27		1979	newspapers#sj
Willis	Guy	Watson	9		27		1965	newspapers#sj
Willis	Mildred	Gaskill	1		2		1968	newspapers#sj
Willis	Lou	Wade (Mrs. Albert L.)	5		1		1931	newspapers#mnb
Willis	Lizzie	Coston (Mrs. W.H.)	8		27		1909	newspapers#nbwj
Willis	Marilyn	Dorothy (Mrs. Charles M.)	11		10		2012	newspapers#sj

Records Found: 186533 , 186533

Found: 186533 Result(s)